People also will enjoy knowing which direction their phone is in their pockets by feeling more easily for the lens... If the prototype turns out to be true...
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Alleged Schematic Shows Protruding Camera Ring on 4.7-Inch iPhone 6
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People also will enjoy knowing which direction their phone is in their pockets by feeling more easily for the lens... If the prototype turns out to be true...
No they don't subsidize it, they just sell the phone just above cost, subsidizing means selling it below cost, and if you slapped on Apples 30% standard mark up it's still no where near the price of an iPhone.
It did not cost anywhere near as much to develop as what Apple spends on making it's phone 'thin'
It is also not a marketing tool, it is a reference design if anything. It's also a damn good phone for the price and the camera is actually pretty good.
I don't think anyone can defend it. If they are they're gravely mistaken.
I don't believe apple would make a protruding lens. That's like adding seams to your iPhone.
But then your a hypocrite if you are negative about other makes having protruding cameras. Or were you making a sarcastic post about the Apple double standards?
You're annoying. Same phone but bigger battery = increased battery life. What's not to understand about that?
so, the whole phone is 7mm, with a 0.6mm protrusion. iphone 5s is also 7.6mm.
they could have made the whole thing thicker and flush, but then they couldn't say that the new iphone was thinner than the predecessor
isn't that a little bit like cheating?
btw, i suppose they will fix it as soon as sony starts selling their curved sensor for smartphones (because that means needing fewer lens to correct distorsion, and soa thinner assembly alltogether).
so who's waiting for the 6s here?
they could have made the whole thing thicker and flush, but then they couldn't say that the new iphone was thinner than the predecessor
isn't that a little bit like cheating?
btw, i suppose they will fix it as soon as sony starts selling their curved sensor for smartphones (because that means needing fewer lens to correct distorsion, and soa thinner assembly alltogether).
so who's waiting for the 6s here?
I remember in the lead up to the iPhone 4s and iPhone 5 announcements, there were rumours of a wedge shaped iPhone.
This would have allowed for a 'flush' design while also allowing room up top for the cameras.
Obvioulsy looking at todays evidence Apple have decided not to do this, but it shows it's something Apple has considered for a long time.
https://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/10/this-could-be-what-apples-iphone-5-looks-like/
This would have allowed for a 'flush' design while also allowing room up top for the cameras.
Obvioulsy looking at todays evidence Apple have decided not to do this, but it shows it's something Apple has considered for a long time.
https://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/10/this-could-be-what-apples-iphone-5-looks-like/
Why wouldn't Apple make a protruding lense they make it on the iPod touch plus they can sell you a case to make it flush.
"Unapologetically protruding."
The only problem is that the phone won't rest flat on its back, and it won't be balanced. Unless of course it's in a case.
2 design generations, like 5 to 3GS etc. although you've got a point with the 0.1mm
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Yes, but that's an extraordinarily subjective view- good for you but not necessarily representative of everyone else. For example, let's consider me. I'm ONLY interested in the 5.5". I'm tall with big hands and find the formerly "perfect" sizes of 3.5" and 4" as being much too small. I've looked at sizes around 4.7" running Android and they are better but still smallish (IMO). So 5.5" seems perfect for me. That someone else will consider it a phablet- and see that as some kind of negative- I could care less. I simply want the right phone size for me.
Now that's just as subjective as I (too) am not representative of everyone. But the point is that no one size is the right size for all… that choices are good for consumers and good for Apple's overall business. Roll out just 4.7" and those who only want 5.5" don't buy from Apple. Roll out only 5.5" and those who see it as much too big don't buy from Apple. Roll out both and sell to ALL those people.
And neither group is harmed in any way by the other group also getting the iPhone they want.
But what he said is true. It's not opinion. Why make something thicker with the only benefit being a flush camera? You see this kind of design in not just other phones but all sorts of other products...cars, computers, appliances, etc..
Being objective I forgot to mention I'm very tall too, actually I'm 1.92mt or 6ft 3.6 in...
I may consider your argument as representative of those who never owned an phablet
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